Nichiren Study Paper Sources

Nichiren Buddhism Study Library

Comprehensive Sources Catalog (113 Verified & De-duplicated Sources)

This catalog provides a comprehensive index of all 113 unique sources in the Nichiren study notebook. Each entry includes the formal Title, Author(s), File Name, and a 2–3 sentence summary description explaining the work’s primary subject matter, historical/doctrinal context, and study value.

Table of Contents (Alphabetical Index)

Below is the alphabetical index of all cataloged works:

  1. A Phrase A Day: Daily Contemplations on Nichiren Buddhism
  2. A Short History of the Nichiren Shu
  3. A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects
  4. A Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Ordeals: The Role of Suffering in Nichiren’s Thought
  5. “Admonishing the State” in the Nichiren Buddhist Tradition: The History and Significance of Kokka Kangyo
  6. Ankokuron Gokan Yurai (Study Series 3)
  7. Biographical Studies of Nichiren
  8. Bodily Reading of the Lotus Sūtra: Understanding Nichiren’s Buddhism
  9. Buddhism (Nanzan Guide Chapter)
  10. ‘By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree’: Politics and the Issue of the Ordination Platform in Modern Lay Nichiren Buddhism
  11. Chanting the August Title of the Lotus Sutra: Daimoku Practices in Classical and Medieval Japan
  12. Criticism and Appropriation: Nichiren’s Attitude Toward Esoteric Buddhism
  13. Criticism and Appropriation: Nichiren’s Attitude Toward Esoteric Buddhism (Study Article)
  14. Enlightenment: Gradual and Immediate
  15. Errata and Instructions for Study
  16. Errata for Shodai Video
  17. Finding Enlightenment in the Final Age: Translations from the Kaimokusho
  18. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 1)
  19. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 2)
  20. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 3)
  21. From Buddha Nature to Original Enlightenment: Contemplating Suchness in Medieval Japan
  22. Giving One’s Life for the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren’s Thought
  23. How Nichiren Saw Chisho Daishi Enchin
  24. In the Dragon Girl’s Footsteps: Women in Nichiren Buddhism and Modern Nichirenist Gender Ideology
  25. Introduction to the Lotus Sutra
  26. Is There Still Buddhism Outside Japan? The Sangoku Concept in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
  27. Japanese Civilization: Its Significance and Value, with a Special Reference to Nichirenism
  28. Japanese Daimoku Pamphlet
  29. Japanese Lotus Millennialism: From Militant Nationalism to Contemporary Peace Movements
  30. Joining the Eagle Peak Assembly: Text, Image, and Religious Identity in Nichiren’s “Great Mandala”
  31. Kaimokushō or Liberation from Blindness (BDK English Tripitaka)
  32. Letter to the Priests of Seichoji (Study Series 2)
  33. Living the Rissho Ankoku Ron: The Prophetic Call of Nichiren for Today
  34. Lotus Sutra Characters and the Ten Thousand Daimoku
  35. Lotus World: An Illustrated Guide to the Gohonzon
  36. Medieval Tendai Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism
  37. Medieval Tendai Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism (Reference Copy)
  38. Nenbutsu Leads to the Avici Hell: Nichiren’s Critique of the Pure Land Teachings
  39. Nichiren (Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry – Reference Copy)
  40. Nichiren (Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry)
  41. Nichiren (Oxford Encyclopedia Entry – Reference Copy)
  42. Nichiren (Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry)
  43. Nichiren and Nationalism: The Religious Patriotism of Tanaka Chigaku
  44. Nichiren Doctrinal and Historical Comparison Charts
  45. Nichiren Followers and the “Lèse-Majesté” Problem in Wartime Japan: The Significance of Suppression and Resistance
  46. Nichiren Shonin’s View of Humanity: The Final Dharma Age and the Three Thousand Realms in One Thought-Moment
  47. Nichiren Thought in Modern Japan: Two Perspectives
  48. Nichiren to Hokekyo
  49. Nichiren’s Activist Heirs: Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kōseikai, Nipponzan Myōhōji
  50. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 1-50)
  51. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 101-172)
  52. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 173-200)
  53. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 201-250)
  54. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 251-300)
  55. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 301-350)
  56. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 351-406)
  57. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 51-100)
  58. Nichiren’s Problematic Works
  59. Nichiren’s View of Humanity: The Latter Age and the Three Thousand Realms (Reference Copy)
  60. Nichiren’s View of Nation and Religion
  61. Nichiren’s View of Women
  62. Nichiren, the Buddhist Prophet
  63. Nichirenism, Utopianism, and Modernity: Rethinking Ishiwara Kanji’s East Asia League Movement
  64. Not Accepting Alms: The Fuju Fuse Stance of Early Modern Nichiren Buddhists
  65. ‘Not Mere Written Words’: Perspectives on the Language of the Lotus Sūtra in Medieval Japan
  66. Odaimoku: The Recitation of the Mystic Law
  67. Odaimoku: The Virtues and Significance of Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
  68. Ogawa Taido Japanese Text Documents
  69. Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some Ongoing Issues in Scholarship
  70. Priest Nisshin’s Ordeals
  71. Questions and Answers on Nichiren Buddhism
  72. Realizing This World as the Buddha Land
  73. Rebuking the Enemies of the Lotus: Nichirenist Exclusivism in Historical Perspective
  74. Refusing the Ruler’s Offerings: Accommodation and Martyrdom in Early Modern Nichiren Buddhism
  75. Review of Hanano Jūdō’s “Tendai Hongaku Shisō to Nichiren Kyōgaku”
  76. Review of Otani Eiichi’s “Nichirenshugi to wa nandatta no ka” (What was Nichirenism?)
  77. Review of Paul L. Swanson’s Translation of Mo-ho chih-kuan (Clear Eyes on the Great Calming and Contemplation)
  78. Review of Snow’s “Shakubuku” and Hurst’s “Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai in America”
  79. Seeking Enlightenment in the Last Age: Nichiren’s View of Humanity (1999)
  80. Selected Quotes of Nichiren Shonin
  81. Shingyō Hikkei: Manual of Faith and Training of Nichiren Members
  82. Shodai Chanting Practice Video
  83. Soka Gakkai International Glossary of Buddhist Terms
  84. Some Disputed Writings in the Nichiren Corpus: Textual, Hermeneutical and Historical Problems
  85. Some Reflections on Critical Buddhism
  86. Tanaka Chigaku on “The Age of Unification”
  87. The Account of How Nichiren Miraculously Escaped Beheading and Its Modern Critics: History and Hagiography in a Japanese Buddhist Tradition
  88. The Architecture of Reality: Unpacking the Ten Suchnesses in Nichiren Buddhism
  89. The Atsuhara Affair: The Lotus Sūtra, Persecution, and Religious Identity in the Early Nichiren Tradition
  90. The Contemplation of Suchness (Shinnyokan)
  91. The Contemplation of the Mind and the Object of Worship (Kanjin Honzon-sho Translation)
  92. The Diamond Chalice Precept: Scriptural Genesis, Ontological Evolution, and Hermeneutical Implementation in East Asian Buddhism
  93. The Doctrine of Nichiren, with a Sketch of His Life
  94. The Fourteen Slanders (Matsuno-dono Gohenji)
  95. The Gohonzon: The Calligraphic Mandala of Nichiren
  96. The Gohonzon: The Object of Devotion in Nichiren Buddhism
  97. The Importance and Scope of Metaphor in Representing a Central Buddhist Image: The Treasure Tower
  98. The Inclusive and Exclusive One Vehicle: Sectarian Polemics and the Lotus Sutra
  99. The Indestructible Vow: The Diamond Chalice Precept (Kongo-hoki-kai)
  100. The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren
  101. The Lotus Sutra as the Core of Japanese Buddhism: Shifts in Representations of its Fundamental Principle
  102. The Meaning of the Practice of Chanting in Nichiren Buddhism
  103. The Moment of Death in Nichiren’s Thought
  104. The Sin of “Slandering the True Dharma” in Nichiren’s Thought
  105. The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences
  106. The Urabon Gosho (Study Series 4 Guide)
  107. Tiantai Buddhism
  108. Toki Ama Gozen Gosho (Study Series 1 Guide)
  109. Two Nichiren Texts: Risshoankokuron and Kanjinhonzonsho (BDK English Tripitaka)
  110. Upholding Faith in the Buddhadharma and Repaying the Nation (1863)
  111. “We Alone Can Save Japan”: Soka Gakkai’s Wartime Antecedents and Its Postwar Conversion Campaign
  112. When Disobedience Is Filial and Resistance Is Loyal: The Lotus Sutra and Social Obligations in the Medieval Nichiren Tradition
  113. Without the Salvation of Women, No Living Faith in the Lotus Sutra: Koizumi Kikue’s Feminist Nichirenism in Wartime Japan

Detailed Source Descriptions

1. A Phrase A Day: Daily Contemplations on Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Rev. Taizui Kikuchi
File Name: 1986_A_Phrase_A_Day-web.pdf
Summary: A devotional calendar or daily handbook providing inspirational passages and reflections on the practice of chanting Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo in daily life.

2. A Short History of the Nichiren Shu

Author(s): Nichiren Shu Headquarters
File Name: A_Short_History_of_the_Nichiren_Shu.pdf
Summary: Outlines the institutional history, doctrinal developments, and main branches of the Nichiren Shu sect from its origins in Kamakura Japan through the modern era.

3. A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects

Author(s): Bunyiu Nanjio (Translator)
File Name: A_Short_History_of_the_Twelve_Japanese_B.pdf
Summary: Groundbreaking Meiji-era translation of a Japanese compilation outlining the histories and doctrines of the twelve primary traditional Japanese Buddhist schools, including Kusha, Hosso, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, and Nichiren Shu.

4. A Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Ordeals: The Role of Suffering in Nichiren’s Thought

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: A Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Ordeals --The Role of Suffering in Nichiren's Thought (2014).pdf
Summary: Examines Nichiren Shonin’s theology of suffering and persecution, arguing that he viewed trials not as negative karma but as active, bodily reading of the sutra (shikidoku) that proves one’s status as a true votary.

5. “Admonishing the State” in the Nichiren Buddhist Tradition: The History and Significance of Kokka Kangyo

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Admonishing-the-State-2020.pdf
Summary: Comprehensive study of kokka kangyo (remonstrating with the sovereign), tracing how Nichiren Shonin’s initial presentation of the Rissho Ankoku Ron to military authorities became a defining model of political-religious engagement for later generations of followers.

6. Ankokuron Gokan Yurai (Study Series 3)

Author(s): Rev. Shoryo Tarabini (Translator)
File Name: ankokuron-gokan-yurai-NSWSS-3.pdf
Summary: Detailed guide to Nichiren Shonin’s letter Ankokuron Gokan Yurai (The Background of the Rissho Ankoku Ron), describing the unusual natural phenomena, disasters, and famines that prompted him to submit his prophetic treatise.

7. Biographical Studies of Nichiren

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Biographical Studies of Nichiren (1999).pdf
Summary: Critically reviews historical and hagiographical writings concerning the life of Nichiren Shonin, evaluating how different eras reconstructed his life to serve varying doctrinal or institutional needs.

8. Bodily Reading of the Lotus Sūtra: Understanding Nichiren’s Buddhism

Author(s): Ruben L. F. Habito
File Name: Bodily reading of the Lotus Sutra.pdf
Summary: Analyzes the concept of shikidoku (reading the Lotus Sutra with one’s body/life), exploring how Nichiren Shonin translated intellectual understanding into concrete physical action and suffered persecutions as a direct result.

9. Buddhism (Nanzan Guide Chapter)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Buddhism (from the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, 2006).pdf
Summary: A broad, scholarly overview of the historical development, main schools, and key doctrinal concepts of Japanese Buddhism, focusing on premodern and modern institutional shifts.

10. ‘By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree’: Politics and the Issue of the Ordination Platform in Modern Lay Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: 'By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree' - Politics and the Iss.pdf
Summary: Analyzes the modern political and doctrinal debates over the Kaidan (ordination platform), focusing on Tanaka Chigaku’s nationalistic interpretations and the secular political efforts to establish a national ordination platform in prewar and postwar Japan.

11. Chanting the August Title of the Lotus Sutra: Daimoku Practices in Classical and Medieval Japan

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Chanting the August title of the Lotus Sutra - Daimoku Practi.pdf
Summary: Documents the historical emergence of chanting the Lotus Sutra’s title (daimoku) in Heian Japan before Nichiren Shonin, demonstrating how he transformed it from a supplementary monastic practice into an exclusive, universal path for the Latter Day.

12. Criticism and Appropriation: Nichiren’s Attitude Toward Esoteric Buddhism

Author(s): Lucia Dolce
File Name: Criticism+and+Approprition+Lucia+Dolce.pdf
Summary: Explores the complex, dual-natured relationship Nichiren Shonin had with esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyo), analyzing how he criticized Shingon while borrowing its ritual, visual, and cosmological structures (including mandalas and mantric chanting).

13. Criticism and Appropriation: Nichiren’s Attitude Toward Esoteric Buddhism (Study Article)

Author(s): Lucia Dolce
File Name: dolce_critizism.pdf
Summary: Explores the complex, dual-natured relationship Nichiren Shonin had with esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyo), analyzing how he criticized Shingon while borrowing its ritual, visual, and cosmological structures.

14. Enlightenment: Gradual and Immediate

Author(s): Scholarly Compilation
File Name: enlightenment-gradual-immediate.pdf
Summary: Examines the historical debates in East Asian Buddhism regarding whether enlightenment is attained slowly over eons through gradual practices or instantly through immediate, sudden awakening.

15. Errata and Instructions for Study

Author(s): NotebookLM Scratch Document
File Name: errata and instructions
Summary: Practical guidelines, orthography rules, and corrections for translating and studying the Lotus Sutra.

16. Errata for Shodai Video

Author(s): NotebookLM Scratch Document
File Name: Errata for Shodai Video
Summary: Minor corrections and textual commentary on the visual and verbal presentation of the shodai (chanting) practice.

17. Finding Enlightenment in the Final Age: Translations from the Kaimokusho

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone (Translator/Editor)
File Name: Finding Enlightenment in the Final Age (translations from Ka.pdf
Summary: Selected translated excerpts and scholarly analysis of the Kaimokusho (The Opening of the Eyes), focusing on his self-awakening as the votary of the Lotus Sutra.

18. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 1)

Author(s): Daniel B. Montgomery
File Name: Fire-in-the-Lotus-p1.pdf
Summary: Part 1 of an accessible historical account of Nichiren Buddhism, tracing its development from the founder’s life in the Kamakura period, early persecutions, and doctrinal splits.

19. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 2)

Author(s): Daniel B. Montgomery
File Name: Fire-in-the-Lotus-p2.pdf
Summary: Part 2 of a comprehensive historical study of Nichiren Buddhism, covering medieval propagation, the emergence of institutional branches, and clashes with military authorities.

20. Fire in the Lotus: The Dynamic History of Nichiren Buddhism (Part 3)

Author(s): Daniel B. Montgomery
File Name: Fire-in-the-Lotus-p3.pdf
Summary: Part 3 of a comprehensive historical study, documenting modern lay movements, global expansion, postwar schisms, and modern Soka Gakkai and Nichiren Shoshu developments.

21. From Buddha Nature to Original Enlightenment: Contemplating Suchness in Medieval Japan

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: From-Buddha-Nature-to-Original-Enlightenment-Contemplating-Suchness-in-Medieval-Japan-2022.pdf
Summary: Investigates how premodern Japanese Tendai thought evolved from classical Mahayana concepts of Buddha-nature to the radical philosophy of original enlightenment (hongaku shiso), wherein all phenomena are originally enlightened.

22. Giving One’s Life for the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren’s Thought

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Giving One's Life for the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren's Thought.pdf
Summary: Examines the concept of self-sacrifice and martyrdom (fushaku shimyo) in Nichiren Shonin’s writings, showing how giving up one’s physical life for the Dharma is framed as the ultimate path to immediate Buddhahood.

23. How Nichiren Saw Chisho Daishi Enchin

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: How Nichiren Saw Chisho Daishi Enchin (1989).pdf
Summary: Investigates Nichiren Shonin’s complex theological assessment of Chisho Daishi Enchin (the founder of the Jimon branch of Tendai), criticizing his incorporation of Shingon esotericism into the Lotus lineage.

24. In the Dragon Girl’s Footsteps: Women in Nichiren Buddhism and Modern Nichirenist Gender Ideology

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: 20250818_jare_2025_ea_Stone_DragonGirl.pdf
Summary: Traces the history of women in the Nichiren tradition, analyzing how modern Nichirenist groups utilized the Lotus Sutra’s ‘dragon girl’ episode to formulate gender ideologies.

25. Introduction to the Lotus Sutra

Author(s): Burton Watson
File Name: Introduction_to_the_Lotus_Sutra.pdf
Summary: Provides a basic textual introduction to the Lotus Sutra, explaining its structure, the distinction between the trace (shakumon) and origin (honmon) teachings, and key parables.

26. Is There Still Buddhism Outside Japan? The Sangoku Concept in Medieval Japanese Buddhism

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_is-there-buddhism-outside-japan_2023.pdf
Summary: Explores the medieval concept of sangoku (the ‘three countries’ of India, China, and Japan) as a conceptual map of the Buddhist world, analyzing how it was used to validate or critique Japan’s unique spiritual standing.

27. Japanese Civilization: Its Significance and Value, with a Special Reference to Nichirenism

Author(s): Kishio Satomi
File Name: satomi-Japanese_Civilization.pdf
Summary: Landmark 1923 book in English introducing the West to Nichirenism (Nichirenshugi), blending traditional Buddhist principles with modern political and national theory.

28. Japanese Daimoku Pamphlet

Author(s): Rev. Taizui Kikuchi
File Name: Japanese-daimoku-pamphlet.pdf
Summary: A small introductory guide to the Daimoku practice, providing practical instructions and short explanations of the meaning and benefits of chanting.

29. Japanese Lotus Millennialism: From Militant Nationalism to Contemporary Peace Movements

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Japanese Lotus Millenialism - From Militant Nationalism to Con.pdf
Summary: Analyzes how the millenarian vision of transforming this world into a Buddha-land (shaba soku jikko) shifted from nationalistic, militaristic movements in the early 20th century to global peace activism in the postwar era.

30. Joining the Eagle Peak Assembly: Text, Image, and Religious Identity in Nichiren’s “Great Mandala”

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Joining-the-Eagle-Peak-Assembly-Text-Image-and-Religious-Identity-in-Nichirens-Great-Mandala-2022.pdf
Summary: A profound visual and textual analysis of the calligraphic mandala (Gohonzon) devised by Nichiren Shonin, explaining how it functions as a graphic representation of the Eagle Peak assembly and an anchor of religious identity.

31. Kaimokushō or Liberation from Blindness (BDK English Tripitaka)

Author(s): Translated by Senchu Murano
File Name: dBET_Alpha_T2689_Kaimokusho_2000.pdf
Summary: Complete English translation of Nichiren Shonin’s major Sado exile treatise Kaimokusho, wherein he establishes his identity as the votary of the Lotus Sutra who must undergo ordeals to repay past karma and save humanity.

32. Letter to the Priests of Seichoji (Study Series 2)

Author(s): Rev. Shoryo Tarabini (Translator)
File Name: letter-to-priests-of-seichoji-NSWSS-2.pdf
Summary: Detailed guide to Nichiren Shonin’s letter Seichoji-kyō sōjō (Letter to the Priests of Seichoji), detailing his decision to declare his teachings at his childhood temple and his deep sense of gratitude.

33. Living the Rissho Ankoku Ron: The Prophetic Call of Nichiren for Today

Author(s): Ryuei McCormick
File Name: Living_Rissho_Ankoku_Ron.pdf
Summary: A modern western commentary on Nichiren Shonin’s key treatise, explaining how its prophetic warnings, social responsibility, and critique of false paths apply to modern global crises.

34. Lotus Sutra Characters and the Ten Thousand Daimoku

Author(s): Prof. Shincho Mochizuki (Translated by Rev. Keiji Oshima)
File Name: lotus-sutra-characters-10000-daimoku.pdf
Summary: Explores the numerical, calligraphic, and physical significance of characters in the Lotus Sutra, tracing the devotional practices of chanting and copying the text.

35. Lotus World: An Illustrated Guide to the Gohonzon

Author(s): Nichiren Shu Headquarters
File Name: five-gohonzons.txt
Summary: Explains the five different ways the Gohonzon can be represented in the Nichiren Shu tradition, including statues of Shakyamuni Buddha, Many Treasures Tathagata, and the calligraphic Great Mandala (specifically the Shutei Mandala inscribed in 1280).

36. Medieval Tendai Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Medieval Tendai Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism - A Rec.pdf
Summary: Analyzes the deep intellectual continuities and ruptures between medieval Tendai scholasticism (hongaku thought) and the “new” Kamakura movements (Pure Land, Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism).

37. Medieval Tendai Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism (Reference Copy)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_tendai-hongaku-kamakura-buddhism_1995.pdf
Summary: Analyzes the continuous development and intellectual debates connecting Kamakura-period reformers with their medieval Tendai original enlightenment (hongaku) predecessors.

38. Nenbutsu Leads to the Avici Hell: Nichiren’s Critique of the Pure Land Teachings

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Nenbutsu Leads to the Avici Hell--Nichiren's Critique of the Pure Land Teachings (2013).pdf
Summary: Unpacks Nichiren Shonin’s fierce critique of Honen’s exclusive Nenbutsu (senju nenbutsu), explaining the doctrinal reasons why he believed Honen’s teaching slandered the Lotus Sutra and led adherents to spiritual ruin.

39. Nichiren (Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry – Reference Copy)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_nichiren-brill-encyclopedia_2021.pdf
Summary: Authoritative biography and doctrinal overview written for the Brill Encyclopedia, summarizing Nichiren Shonin’s historical context, struggles, and standard teachings.

40. Nichiren (Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Nichiren-Brill-Encyclopia-2021.pdf
Summary: A highly authoritative, academic biography and doctrinal summary of Nichiren Shonin, outlining his life, persecutions, key writings, and three great secret Dharmas.

41. Nichiren (Oxford Encyclopedia Entry – Reference Copy)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_nichiren-oxford-encyclopedia_2020.pdf
Summary: Academic encyclopedia entry reviewing Nichiren Shonin’s life, his hermeneutics of the Lotus Sutra, the formulation of the Daimoku, and the calligraphic mandala.

42. Nichiren (Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism Entry)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Nichiren.Oxford-Encyclopedia-of-Buddhism-2020.pdf
Summary: An academic overview of the founder’s life, his hermeneutics of the Lotus Sutra, the formulation of the Daimoku, and the development of his calligraphic mandala.

43. Nichiren and Nationalism: The Religious Patriotism of Tanaka Chigaku

Author(s): Edwin B. Lee
File Name: nichiren-and-nationalism-lee-web.pdf
Summary: A detailed historical study of the modern nationalist lay leader Tanaka Chigaku, exploring how he created ‘Nichirenism’ (Nichirenshugi) as a patriotic ideology focused on the global role of the Japanese state.

44. Nichiren Doctrinal and Historical Comparison Charts

Author(s): Study Compilation
File Name: nichiren-comparison.pdf
Summary: Contains comparative tables and charts summarizing key doctrinal lineages, the classification of teachings, historical persecutions, and the main branches of Nichiren Buddhism.

45. Nichiren Followers and the “Lèse-Majesté” Problem in Wartime Japan: The Significance of Suppression and Resistance

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Stone.Senjika-ni-okeru-Nichiren-monka-to-fukei-mondai-Yokuatsu-to-teiko-no-igi-2018.pdf
Summary: Documents the severe wartime suppression of Nichiren lineages (such as Soka Kyoiku Gakkai and others) by the imperial government for refusing to compromise on their religious principles or bow to state-sponsored Shinto talismans.

46. Nichiren Shonin’s View of Humanity: The Final Dharma Age and the Three Thousand Realms in One Thought-Moment

Author(s): Asai Endo (Translated by Jacqueline I. Stone)
File Name: Asai-Endō.-Nichiren-Shōnins-View-of-Humanity-1999.pdf
Summary: Discusses how Nichiren Shonin integrated the Tendai cosmological theory of ichinen sanzen (three thousand realms in a single thought-moment) with a deep, compassionate understanding of human fallibility in the Latter Day of the Law (mappo).

47. Nichiren Thought in Modern Japan: Two Perspectives

Author(s): Hiroo Sato (Satō Hiroo)
File Name: hiroo_sato.pdf
Summary: Examines the contrasting interpretations of Nichiren Shōnin’s doctrines in 1930s Japan by Chigaku Tanaka and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. It analyzes how Tanaka utilized Nichirenism to justify state militarism, whereas Makiguchi drew upon the same textual tradition to forge a worldview opposed to militarism and totalitarianism.

48. Nichiren to Hokekyo

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Stone.Nichiren to Hokekyo (2014).pdf
Summary: Explains how Nichiren Shonin’s identity was fundamentally shaped by his reading of the Lotus Sutra, showing how he viewed his own life as a literal mirroring of the sutra’s prophecies.

49. Nichiren’s Activist Heirs: Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kōseikai, Nipponzan Myōhōji

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Nichiren Activist Heirs.pdf
Summary: Compares three modern Nichiren-based movements (Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kōseikai, and Nipponzan Myōhōji), showing how they variously interpreted the founder’s legacy to build distinct styles of social engagement.

50. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 1-50)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 1-50.txt
Summary: A translation of personal letters and shorter treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 1 through 50), covering personal advice, encouragement to various lay and priestly disciples, and guidance on maintaining faith during persecutions.

51. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 101-172)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 101-172.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 101 through 172), discussing the nature of faith, the importance of chanting the Odaimoku, and historical examples of Buddhist practitioners enduring trials.

52. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 173-200)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 173-200.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 173 through 200), providing spiritual support and clarifying the distinction between the true teaching of the Lotus Sutra and provisional teachings.

53. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 201-250)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 201-250.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 201 through 250), illustrating the concepts of nonduality and original enlightenment, and discussing the application of Buddhism in daily life.

54. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 251-300)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 251-300.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 251 through 300), discussing the role of the votary of the Lotus Sutra in the Latter Day of the Law and the transformation of the world into a Buddha Land.

55. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 301-350)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 301-350.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 301 through 350), emphasizing the importance of active practice, the dynamic nature of faith, and the refutation of slanders.

56. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 351-406)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 351-406.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 351 through 406), offering final admonitions, gratitude to loyal disciples, and reflections on the victory of the Dharma.

57. Nichiren’s Collected Letters and Treatises (Passages 51-100)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 51-100.txt
Summary: A collection of translated personal letters and treatises of Nichiren Shonin (numbered 51 through 100), explaining key doctrinal points and offering spiritual encouragement to disciples facing severe trials.

58. Nichiren’s Problematic Works

Author(s): Sueki Fumihiko
File Name: Nichiren disputed texts.pdf
Summary: Outlines methodological criteria (Nichiren A, B, and C categories) for evaluating disputed writings, specifically analyzing the Sandai Hihō Shō (three great secret Dharmas) and personal letters.

59. Nichiren’s View of Humanity: The Latter Age and the Three Thousand Realms (Reference Copy)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_nichiren-view-of-humanity-mappo_1999.pdf
Summary: Academic study exploring how Nichiren Shonin’s view of human capacity in mappo shaped his transformation of Zhiyi’s ichinen sanzen theory into a practical, faith-based method of chanting.

60. Nichiren’s View of Nation and Religion

Author(s): Sato Hiroo
File Name: NichirenViewNationReligion-SatoHiro.pdf
Summary: Explores how Nichiren Shonin redefined the relationship between the worldly state (obo) and the Buddhist law (buppo), arguing that the state must conform to the ultimate truth of the Lotus Sutra.

61. Nichiren’s View of Women

Author(s): Ichiu Mori
File Name: mori_nichiren-view-of-women_2003.pdf
Summary: Academic analysis of Nichiren Shonin’s letters to his female disciples, illustrating his radical gender egalitarianism and his absolute insistence that women can attain immediate Buddhahood.

62. Nichiren, the Buddhist Prophet

Author(s): Masaharu Anesaki
File Name: Nichiren_the_Buddhist_Prophet.pdf
Summary: Classic 1916 scholarly study and biography of Nichiren Shonin, framing his career and writings within the psychological and prophetic dimensions of religious leadership.

63. Nichirenism, Utopianism, and Modernity: Rethinking Ishiwara Kanji’s East Asia League Movement

Author(s): G. Clinton Godart
File Name: godart_ishiwara-east-asia-league-nichirenism_2015.pdf
Summary: Analyzes Ishiwara Kanji’s East Asia League Movement, exploring how he blended military planning for a “final war” with Nichirenist millenarianism, science, and social reform in prewar Japan.

64. Not Accepting Alms: The Fuju Fuse Stance of Early Modern Nichiren Buddhists

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: not accepting alms-2020.pdf
Summary: Historical analysis of the theological arguments and martyrdom of the fuju fuse (no receipt, no giving) monks, who refused state offerings to preserve the doctrinal purity of the Lotus Sutra.

65. ‘Not Mere Written Words’: Perspectives on the Language of the Lotus Sūtra in Medieval Japan

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: 'Not Mere Written Words' - Perspectives on the Language of the.pdf
Summary: Explores how medieval Japanese Tendai and Nichiren Buddhists understood the language of the Lotus Sutra, shifting the focus from abstract scholastic texts to a concrete vocal practice (chanting the Odaimoku).

66. Odaimoku: The Recitation of the Mystic Law

Author(s): Scholarly Compilation
File Name: odaimoku.pdf
Summary: An introduction to the significance of chanting Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, discussing its scriptural basis in the Lotus Sutra and its practical role in achieving enlightenment.

67. Odaimoku: The Virtues and Significance of Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo

Author(s): Rev. Taizui Kikuchi (Translated by Rev. Keiryu Shima)
File Name: odaimoku-rev._taizui_kikuchi-1996.pdf
Summary: Devotional treatise detailing the spiritual and physical benefits of chanting the Odaimoku, explaining how it fulfills filial devotion, expiates past sins, and serves as a vehicle for saving others.

68. Ogawa Taido Japanese Text Documents

Author(s): Ogawa Taido (Compiled)
File Name: Ogawa-Taido-Japanese-Text.pdf
Summary: Historical Japanese documents concerning modern Nichirenism and Ogawa Taido’s Meiji-era contributions to the sect.

69. Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some Ongoing Issues in Scholarship

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture - Some Ongoing Issues in S.pdf
Summary: Reviews modern scholarly trends and debates in Nichiren studies, including issues of textual authenticity, political engagement, and his place within medieval Japanese history.

70. Priest Nisshin’s Ordeals

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone (Translator/Editor)
File Name: Priest Nisshin's Ordeals (translations from Nisshin Shonin t.pdf
Summary: Selected translations from the hagiography of Kuonjoin Nisshin, a radical medieval evangelizer famous for being tortured (including having a hot iron pot placed on his head) for admonishing military authorities.

71. Questions and Answers on Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Rev. Senchu Murano
File Name: 1998QA_Murano.pdf
Summary: A detailed question-and-answer handbook on the history, doctrine, and practices of the Nichiren Shu tradition, addressing common inquiries from Western practitioners.

72. Realizing This World as the Buddha Land

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Realizing This World as the Buddha Land (2009).pdf
Summary: Explores the core concept of shaba soku jikko (this world as the land of eternally tranquil light) and how active Buddhist practice is meant to transform the physical environment.

73. Rebuking the Enemies of the Lotus: Nichirenist Exclusivism in Historical Perspective

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Rebuking the Enemies of the Lotus - Nichirenist Exclusivism in.pdf
Summary: Analyzes the historical, political, and doctrinal roots of shakubuku and exclusivism within the Nichiren tradition, exploring how different lineages engaged in confrontational proselytizing.

74. Refusing the Ruler’s Offerings: Accommodation and Martyrdom in Early Modern Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Refusing-the-Ruler’s-Offerings_-Accommodation-and-Martyrdom-in-Early-Modern-Nichiren-Buddhism-.-Buddhist-Statecraft-in-East-Asia-Chapter-6-2022.pdf
Summary: Examines the fuju fuse (neither receiving nor giving) controversy in Tokugawa Japan, where radical monastics refused to accept alms from or perform services for rulers who did not embrace the Lotus Sutra, leading to severe state persecution.

75. Review of Hanano Jūdō’s “Tendai Hongaku Shisō to Nichiren Kyōgaku”

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Review-of-Hanano-Jūdōs-Tendai-honkgaku-shisō-to-Nichiren-kyōgaku-2011.pdf
Summary: Reviews Hanano Jūdō’s monumental book on the historical relationship between Tendai original enlightenment thought and Nichiren’s teachings, highlighting Hanano’s rigorous philological methods and his personal struggles with institutional orthodoxy.

76. Review of Otani Eiichi’s “Nichirenshugi to wa nandatta no ka” (What was Nichirenism?)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Review-of-Otani-Eiichi.Nichirenshugi-to-wa-nan-datta-no-ka-2021.pdf
Summary: Discusses Otani’s historical study of “Nichirenism” (Nichirenshugi), tracing the modern movement’s nationalistic and utopian currents in late Meiji through early Showa Japan.

77. Review of Paul L. Swanson’s Translation of Mo-ho chih-kuan (Clear Eyes on the Great Calming and Contemplation)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_review-swanson-zhiyi_2018.pdf
Summary: A detailed scholarly book review of Paul Swanson’s provisional CD-ROM translation of Zhiyi’s monumental Mo-ho chih-kuan, explaining the philosophical structure of the Three Truths and the three thousand realms.

78. Review of Snow’s “Shakubuku” and Hurst’s “Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai in America”

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Snow-Hurst-reviews-1993.pdf
Summary: A dual academic book review examining participant-observer sociological studies of the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist movement’s recruitment strategies and internalized spiritual ethos in the United States.

79. Seeking Enlightenment in the Last Age: Nichiren’s View of Humanity (1999)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone-seeking-enlightment-in-the-last-age.pdf
Summary: Landmark study of how Kamakura Buddhists, particularly Nichiren Shonin, conceptualized the human condition in the Latter Day of the Law (mappo), shifting from rigorous monastic cultivation to simplified paths of absolute faith.

80. Selected Quotes of Nichiren Shonin

Author(s): Compiled Selection of Writings
File Name: Nichiren-Quotes-2019.docx
Summary: A massive compiled study text containing passages from the major treatises and letters of Nichiren Shonin, organized under headers such as Rissho Ankoku Ron, Selecing the Right Time, and others.

81. Shingyō Hikkei: Manual of Faith and Training of Nichiren Members

Author(s): Bishop Watanabe Kōin & Rev. Kyotsu Hori (Translators / Nichiren Sect Headquarters)
File Name: Shingyo-Hikkei-text.txt
Summary: An official manual and guidebook published by the Nichiren Sect Headquarters providing instructions on daily faith, liturgical recitations, the Creed, and pledges for lay members. It outlines the core teachings of Nichiren Buddhism, including the significance of the Odaimoku, the Gohonzon, and daily practice.

82. Shodai Chanting Practice Video

Author(s): Nichiren Bay Area YouTube Channel
File Name: Shodai
Summary: Explains the doctrinal and practical foundations of chanting Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, highlighting the concept of ‘natural transfer’ of merit from Shakyamuni Buddha’s causes and effects to the practitioner.

83. Soka Gakkai International Glossary of Buddhist Terms

Author(s): SGI Study Department
File Name: sgi-glossary.txt
Summary: A comprehensive glossary of terms commonly used in Nichiren Buddhism, with a focus on definitions and conceptual frameworks utilized in the SGI lay Buddhist movement.

84. Some Disputed Writings in the Nichiren Corpus: Textual, Hermeneutical and Historical Problems

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: 1990-Dissertation-Stone-DisputedWorks
Summary: Landmark PhD dissertation examining the authenticity, historical context, and doctrinal implications of controversial texts attributed to Nichiren Shonin, specifically focusing on their use of medieval Tendai hongaku (original enlightenment) concepts.

85. Some Reflections on Critical Buddhism

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Some Reflections on Critical Buddhism (1999).pdf
Summary: Analyzes the modern Japanese ‘Critical Buddhism’ (Hihan Bukkyo) movement, evaluating its sharp philosophical critiques of hongaku (original enlightenment) and Buddha-nature theories as non-Buddhist.

86. Tanaka Chigaku on “The Age of Unification”

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: Tanaka-Chigaku-on-the-Age-of-Unification-2019.pdf
Summary: Explores lay reformer Tanaka Chigaku’s modern vision of global unification based on the Lotus Sutra and ‘Nichirenism,’ detailing his theories of kokutai and the realization of a global ordination platform.

87. The Account of How Nichiren Miraculously Escaped Beheading and Its Modern Critics: History and Hagiography in a Japanese Buddhist Tradition

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: The-Account-of-How-Nichiren-Miraculously-Escaped-Beheading-and-Its-Modern-Critics-2022.pdf
Summary: Critically analyzes the historical reception and modern scholarly debates surrounding the Tatsunokuchi Persecution (where a luminous object saved Nichiren from execution), evaluating the boundary between myth and history.

88. The Architecture of Reality: Unpacking the Ten Suchnesses in Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): John Hughes (500 Yojanas Website)
File Name: The Architecture of Reality_ Unpacking the Ten Suchnesses in Nichiren Buddhism _ 500 Yojanas.pdf
Summary: Outlines the deep doctrinal significance of the junyoze (ten suchnesses) in Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, comparing the classical Chinese Tiantai grammatical readings with Nichiren Shonin’s immediate, action-oriented interpretation.

89. The Atsuhara Affair: The Lotus Sūtra, Persecution, and Religious Identity in the Early Nichiren Tradition

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: The Atsuhara Affair--The Lotus Sutra, Persecution, and Religious Identity in the Early Nichiren Tradition (2014).pdf
Summary: Details the historic Atsuhara Persecution (1279) of lay peasant followers, examining how Nichiren Shonin and Nikko Shonin framed their arrests and executions as a vital test of ultimate devotion to the Lotus Sutra.

90. The Contemplation of Suchness (Shinnyokan)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone (Translator/Editor)
File Name: The Contemplation of Suchness (translations from Shinnyokan.pdf
Summary: Translates portions of the Shinnyokan (attributed to Genshin but written around the 12th century), explaining the early medieval Japanese Tendai contemplation of the mind as equivalent to the universe of Suchness.

91. The Contemplation of the Mind and the Object of Worship (Kanjin Honzon-sho Translation)

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone (Translator/Editor)
File Name: stone_kanjin-honzon-sho-translation_2004.pdf
Summary: Scholarly translation and analysis of Nichiren Shonin’s 1273 Sado exile masterpiece, detailing the visualization of the calligraphic mandala and the practice of chanting as the direct path to enlightenment in mappo.

92. The Diamond Chalice Precept: Scriptural Genesis, Ontological Evolution, and Hermeneutical Implementation in East Asian Buddhism

Author(s): NotebookLM Compiled Guide
File Name: Diamond Chalice Precept Explained
Summary: Synthesizes the doctrinal shift from externalized, rule-bound Vinaya codes to the internal, indestructible Kongo-hoki-kai (Diamond Chalice Precept), highlighting its completion in chanting the Odaimoku.

93. The Doctrine of Nichiren, with a Sketch of His Life

Author(s): Masaharu Anesaki (Translator/Compiler)
File Name: The_Doctrine_of_Nichiren_with_a_Sketch_o.pdf
Summary: Early twentieth-century translation and introduction summarizing the core of Nichiren Shonin’s three great secret laws and the major phases of his biography.

94. The Fourteen Slanders (Matsuno-dono Gohenji)

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin
File Name: 14 Slanders Gosho.pdf
Summary: An essential letter detailing the fourteen slanders of the Dharma (such as arrogance, contempt, and jealousy) that block practitioners from attaining Buddhahood, urging strict adherence to correct faith.

95. The Gohonzon: The Calligraphic Mandala of Nichiren

Author(s): Rev. Senchu Murano
File Name: 1997_Gohonzon_Senchu_Murano.pdf
Summary: A detailed analysis of the calligraphic mandala (Gohonzon) established by Nichiren Shonin, discussing its visual layout, the significance of the characters inscribed, and its role as the object of devotion.

96. The Gohonzon: The Object of Devotion in Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Scholarly Compilation
File Name: gohonzon.pdf
Summary: A study of the history and development of the calligraphic mandala (Gohonzon), explaining the placement of characters representing the Ten Worlds and the Eternal Buddha.

97. The Importance and Scope of Metaphor in Representing a Central Buddhist Image: The Treasure Tower

Author(s): Christiane Kazue Nagao
File Name: nagao_treasure-tower-metaphor-buddhist_2021.pdf
Summary: Explores the metaphor of the colossal treasure tower in the Lotus Sutra, using Paul Ricœur’s and Hans Blumenberg’s theories of absolute metaphor to explain how Nichiren Shonin equated the tower directly to the life of his lay follower, Abutsu-bo.

98. The Inclusive and Exclusive One Vehicle: Sectarian Polemics and the Lotus Sutra

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: stone_inclusive-exclusive-one-vehicle_1999.pdf
Summary: Examines the tension between the inclusive, universal promise of the One Vehicle (ichijo) and the exclusive, confrontational practice of shakubuku in Nichiren’s thought.

99. The Indestructible Vow: The Diamond Chalice Precept (Kongo-hoki-kai)

Author(s): NotebookLM Compiled Guide
File Name: The Indestructible Vow
Summary: Deep dive into the theological development of the Diamond Chalice Precept, showing how it collapsed gradual, prohibitive monastic rules into an immediate, unbreakable vow activated by chanting the Odaimoku.

100. The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren

Author(s): Hoshino and Senchu Murano
File Name: 1968_TheLotusSutra_and_Nichiren_Hoshino_Murano-fixed.pdf
Summary: Introduces the foundational relationship between the text of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Shonin’s religious career, translating key doctrinal points and historical events.

101. The Lotus Sutra as the Core of Japanese Buddhism: Shifts in Representations of its Fundamental Principle

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone (Translator/Editor of Asai Endo)
File Name: stone_lotus-sutra-core-japanese-buddhism_2014.pdf
Summary: Traces the evolution of interpreting the ‘essence’ of the Lotus Sutra in Japan: from Zhiyi’s ichinen sanzen, Saichō’s zuien shinnyo, Ennin’s esoteric A-syllable, to Nichiren’s direct equation of the sutra’s core with the Daimoku.

102. The Meaning of the Practice of Chanting in Nichiren Buddhism

Author(s): Kyōkō Fujii
File Name: fujii_chanting-practice-nichiren-buddhism_2023.pdf
Summary: Academic study exploring the historical and theological development of shōdai (chanting), contrasting its traditional monastic roots with its role in modern lay movements.

103. The Moment of Death in Nichiren’s Thought

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: The Moment of Death in Nichiren's Thought (2003).pdf
Summary: Investigates Nichiren Shonin’s teachings on rinju (the moment of death), showing how keeping a focused mind and chanting the Daimoku at the end of life guarantees direct passage to the Pure Land of Eagle Peak.

104. The Sin of “Slandering the True Dharma” in Nichiren’s Thought

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: The Sin of Slandering the True Dharma in Nichiren's Thought (2012).pdf
Summary: Explains the core doctrinal concept of hobo (slander of the true Dharma), demonstrating why Nichiren Shonin viewed passive acceptance of incomplete teachings as a spiritual and social poison.

105. The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences

Author(s): Nichiren Shonin (Translated in WND-2)
File Name: en-wnd2-writ-3150.pdf
Summary: Foundational doctrinal letter explaining the nonduality of the mind, the three bodies of the Thus Come One, and the ultimate necessity of abandoning provisional teachings to uphold the Lotus Sutra.

106. The Urabon Gosho (Study Series 4 Guide)

Author(s): Rev. Shoryo Tarabini (Translator)
File Name: urabon-gosho-NSWSS-4.pdf
Summary: Detailed study guide to Nichiren Shonin’s letter Urabon Gosho, interpreting the Maudgalyayana Obon legend through the lens of the Lotus Sutra and illustrating how the merits of chanting are transferred to parents and ancestors.

107. Tiantai Buddhism

Author(s): Brook Ziporyn
File Name: Tiantai Buddhism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Summary: Highly detailed philosophical analysis of the Chinese Tiantai school founded by Zhiyi, explaining the Three Truths, the concept of nature-inclusion (inherent evil), and the contemplation of the mind as the three thousand realms.

108. Toki Ama Gozen Gosho (Study Series 1 Guide)

Author(s): Rev. Shoryo Tarabini (Translator)
File Name: toki-ama-gozen-gosho-NSWSS-1.pdf
Summary: An intensive study guide to Nichiren Shonin’s letters to the lay nun Toki Ama Gozen, exploring themes of illness, marital partnership, and the equal capacity of men and women for enlightenment.

109. Two Nichiren Texts: Risshoankokuron and Kanjinhonzonsho (BDK English Tripitaka)

Author(s): Translated by Senchu Murano
File Name: dBET_Beta_TwoNichirenTexts_2003.pdf
Summary: Complete English translations of two of Nichiren Shonin’s five major writings, providing the primary text for both his prophetic call to the state and his core contemplation of the calligraphic mandala.

110. Upholding Faith in the Buddhadharma and Repaying the Nation (1863)

Author(s): Ogawa Taido (Translated by Jacqueline I. Stone)
File Name: Ogawa-Taido-Upholding-Faith-in-the-Buddhadharma-and-Repaying-the-Nation-2021.pdf
Summary: Groundbreaking Meiji-era essay written by lay leader Ogawa Taido, arguing that Japan’s national security relies on the flourishing of the true Dharma of the Lotus Sutra.

111. “We Alone Can Save Japan”: Soka Gakkai’s Wartime Antecedents and Its Postwar Conversion Campaign

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: We-Alone-Can-Save-Japan-Soka-Gakkais-Wartime-Antecedents-and-Its-Postwar-Conversion-Campaign-2022.pdf
Summary: Explores how Toda Josei rebuilt the Soka Gakkai lay movement in the wreckage of postwar Japan, carrying forward Makiguchi’s wartime defiance and transforming it into a massive proselytizing drive for national reconstruction.

112. When Disobedience Is Filial and Resistance Is Loyal: The Lotus Sutra and Social Obligations in the Medieval Nichiren Tradition

Author(s): Jacqueline I. Stone
File Name: When Disobedience is Filial and Resistance is Loyal - The Lotu.pdf
Summary: Examines the radical medieval redefinition of filial piety (ko) and loyalty (chu), showing how disobeying a parent or military ruler who slanders the Dharma was viewed as the truest form of loyalty.

113. Without the Salvation of Women, No Living Faith in the Lotus Sutra: Koizumi Kikue’s Feminist Nichirenism in Wartime Japan

Author(s): G. Clinton Godart
File Name: 20250818_jare_2025_ea_Godart_FeminismNichirenismWarTime.pdf
Summary: Explores Koizumi Kikue’s unique fusion of feminist social activism and modern Nichirenism in the 1920s and 30s, looking at how Lotus Sutra gender egalitarianism was mobilized during wartime Japan.

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